Kru Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Kru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| Cambodia | 47 | 1:329,514 | 3,626 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kru (536) may also be a first name.
Kru Demographics
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Kru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kru (Hindi: क्रु, Marathi: कृ) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kru is the 1,022,958th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Kru live; 33 percent live in Oceania Islands and 33 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 364,183rd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 536 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 99,436. In Papua New Guinea Kru is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 61 percent live, Chimbu, where 21 percent live and Madang, where 12 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent live and Cambodia, where 19 percent live.
Kru Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kru last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.
Kru earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.26% less than the national average, earning $33,114 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kru in the Marathi language | ||
| कृ | kr | 99.43 |
| Kru in the Hindi language | ||
| क्रु | kru | 83.33 |
| करू | karu | 16.67 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kru
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